[center][h2][color=fff200]Carol Danvers Is[/color][/h2][/center]
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[b][u]Las Vegas Stratosphere Hotel - Room 1487[/u][/b]

[indent][i]Samantha[/i] looked rather unfazed for having a weapon suddenly shoved at their face.  "What are you talking about?  You know there isn't an agent Roselyn.  Look I have the item right here."  She lifted up the alien brooch and tried to show off it's unique carvings.

Agent Brand couldn't help but be impressed at the imposters ability to remain calm, it was downright eerie how good she was.  

[color=39b54a]"I'll admit you're very good, your disguise is perfect to the utmost detail and you could even tell I was lying about an agent Roselyn but...I'm afraid you just didn't know the correct call sign."[/color]  Agent Brand was ready to pull the trigger at a moment's notice now and was fully alert.

[i]Samantha[/i], very slowly, started to turn the corners of her mouth upward as if in amusement.  

"Well well, it has been a while since I've had to deal with someone competent in the spy industry, everyone these days relies too much on their high tech gadgetry to double check identities but I see you've stuck to the basics which is how it should be done.  Too bad I was hoping I could slip right into your little agency with this look."

[color=39b54a]"I can tell you have a lot of experience being a spy in the way you carry yourself."[/color]

"Let's just say I ha[color=00aeef]ve, a lifetime of practice![/color]"  Before Brand's eyes the [i]Samantha[/i] in front of her started to change forms.  Immediately she fired but her reflexes actually backfired as the body transformation process made her think the imposter was moving slightly left when in fact she did the opposite.  Within a moment Brand's gun was twisted from her hand but brand was a highly trained agent so instead of just backing away she pushed forward instead, ramming into the now fully transformed imposter.  Her opponent had to take a step back but she was obviously just as well trained or even better and had more strength than Brand did and was able to prevent her from regaining control.

It took only a split second for brand to identify her opponent.  That blue skin and red hair, she was one of the most dangerous and elusive beings on the planet.

[color=39b54a]"Mystique, who hired you to start stealing alien technology?  It's not exactly something a mutant like you would usually be gunning for."[/color]  At this point the two were essentially grappling each other without much happening, but Brand could tell that Mystique was just toying with her at the moment.

[color=00aeef]"Ahh, is the poor SHIELD agent confused?  Oh right you've got that new assignment in SWORD nowadays.  I guess a poor lonely mutant like me is below your paygrade!"[/color]  Mystique tried to flip Brand onto a coach, but Brand managed to use the momentum to her advantage and land gracefully onto it instead of crashing, potentially fatally into a position Mystique could easily finish her off.

[color=39b54a]"I'll admit you are a little out of my specialty these days but despite my new job I still know mutants probably the best of all!"[/color]  brand managed to kick a vase into Mystique's body but unfortunately it was not the shattering kind so it just kind of bounced off without really accomplishing must.  Mystique sneered and clicked her tongue in a mocking matter.  At this point she let go and quickly repositioned herself and launched herself at brand with a quick jab, which Brand parried and then jumped back to try and gain some distance.

[color=00aeef]"Your agent's files didn't have much information on this thing but even if I can't find a good use for it there are plenty of buyers that would love to get their hands on it.  Anyway you government types know I've been a free agent for a while now and it's not like you have any way to track me, but I suppose I should really kill you just in case."[/color]  At this point all the playfullness in Mystique's tone and body were gone and a cold killer was brought to the surface.  In an instant she was upon the green-haired agent who was using all her strength to keep Mystique from ripping into her chest with a set of shape-shifted claws.  Or course she wasn't strong enough to face Mystique straight on but was able to redirect her strikes from plunging into her body.

[color=39b54a]"Say I never did tell you why I know so much about mutants.  Let's just say I have some experience too."[/color]  Without warning Brand's hands flared up like electric torches and the slightest graze on Mystique made her leap back in alarm as the slightest touch badly burned her.  Mystique hissed in pain and rubbed the spot on her upper arm where brand had almost managed to grab her.  Within a moment though the burn was healed due to her shape-shifting and regenerative abilities.

[color=00aeef]"I'll admit I didn't expect there to be a secret mutant in the upper ranks, nice to see someone make it so far up despite the stigma.  Well killing you could take too much time now and I don't like being the center of attention so I'll bid you farewell Abby!"[/color]  Mystique  grabbed a lamp and tossed it straight at Brand who had to dodge out of the way to avoid some serious blunt trauma or at least major bruising.  But that was all the distraction Mystique to flee out the door.

Brand quickly located and picked up her gun, rushing to the open door and turned to see, at least three different men and two women in the corridor heading in various directions.  Cursing at her bad luck she quickly hid her weapon before they noticed, she couldn't just make a scene and start interrogating all the possible Mystiques since she could literally be any one of them.  She would have to let her go this time.  At the moment she had an agent to check up on.  Reentering the room and closing the door, she walked into the bathroom where she found the real [i]Samantha's[/i] corpse sitting in the tub to prevent bodily fluids from leaking onto the floor.

Overall it was a clean kill with very little mess, the positioning was more of a courtesy then anything else.  She no doubt had no idea that a shape-shifter had been after all.  The story Mystique had given at the start was probably her talking about herself at the time.  The fact that it was Mystique of all people to steal the object meant there was little chance at getting it back, unless they had a way to lure her somewhere and ambush her.  The mutant had killed one of her agents and that was not something Brand was just going to let happen without consequences.

Brand checked over the body to try and find some hidden information but Mystique had already done that and gotten even the hidden data first, there was nothing left.

Brand sighed, walked over to the mirror and leaned on the counter to stare into the mirror.  Her reflection looked back and it looked haggard and distraught, without anyone to around he mask had fallen away for a brief moment of vulnerability.

[color=39b54a]"Abby huh, blasted grandma really is one of the best spies in history and her memory is top-notch.  To think I'd have to butt heads with her again."[/color]

Brand grumbled and turned around, putting her butt to the corner, she looked back at the dead agent in the tub.

[color=39b54a]"I'm going to be taking control of all SWORD soon and already I'm having to deal with this crap on a daily basis.  Being in charge really is a nightmare isn't it Hill?  Well I'll get used to it soon enough, after all it's not like it's anything really new but I'm sure once it's official, I'll be writing a lot more death certificates with an entire branch under my command.  Well, that's enough soap boxing for right now, I have a mutant to catch."[/color]

Within an hour the hotel room had been scrubbed clean and no one would be able to tell a murder had happened inside just hours before.[/indent]